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Lakewood Terrace Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Petersburg

Tract 12103020208 · Pinellas, FL · pop 2,486 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 12103020208 runs through Lakewood Terrace in St. Petersburg. With 2,486 residents, it scores 4.8/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 33% of US census tracts.

75% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,439 a month while the average household earns $49,972 a year, roughly 35% of income at the averages. About 66% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49% Stable renters 16% Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,151
Renter share65.5%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$49,972

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Lakewood Terrace
Very High
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 77 tracts In St. Petersburg
High
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#46 of 273 tracts In Pinellas
High
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#1,422 of 5,122 tracts In Florida
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across St. Petersburg and the region

Centroid at 27.7164, -82.6554 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lakewood Terrace scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from St. Petersburg
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Florida legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,439 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Petersburg
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Petersburg
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Petersburg
4.0

How Lakewood Terrace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lakewood Terrace risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.24.2This tracttract 020208St. Petersburg: 2.72.7St. Petersburgparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,340Total filings over 18 yrs
  • 17.57%Avg annual filing rate
  • 35.8%Peak (2002)
  • 54Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 121030202082000: 77 filings (22.79/100 renter HHs)2001: 83 filings (24.57/100 renter HHs)2002: 121 filings (35.81/100 renter HHs)2003: 62 filings (18.35/100 renter HHs)2004: 73 filings (21.61/100 renter HHs)2005: 71 filings (21.14/100 renter HHs)2006: 49 filings (14.59/100 renter HHs)2007: 51 filings (15.19/100 renter HHs)2008: 56 filings (16.68/100 renter HHs)2009: 54 filings (16.08/100 renter HHs)2010: 66 filings (9.65/100 renter HHs)2011: 30 filings (5.14/100 renter HHs)2012: 111 filings (19.01/100 renter HHs)2013: 93 filings (15.92/100 renter HHs)2014: 101 filings (17.29/100 renter HHs)2015: 77 filings (13.18/100 renter HHs)2016: 111 filings (19.65/100 renter HHs)2017: 54 filings (9.56/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 30% over the past 18 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 589Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.27×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 3 filings (0.44× baseline)2020-02-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2020-03-01: 6 filings (0.86× baseline)2020-04-01: 1 filings (0.17× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 1 filings (0.10× baseline)2020-09-01: 2 filings (0.32× baseline)2020-10-01: 3 filings (0.33× baseline)2020-11-01: 5 filings (0.80× baseline)2020-12-01: 9 filings (1.64× baseline)2021-01-01: 6 filings (0.89× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 3 filings (0.43× baseline)2021-04-01: 4 filings (0.67× baseline)2021-05-01: 2 filings (0.29× baseline)2021-06-01: 1 filings (0.21× baseline)2021-07-01: 1 filings (0.15× baseline)2021-08-01: 7 filings (0.72× baseline)2021-09-01: 5 filings (0.80× baseline)2021-10-01: 4 filings (0.44× baseline)2021-11-01: 34 filings (5.44× baseline)2021-12-01: 3 filings (0.55× baseline)2022-01-01: 9 filings (1.33× baseline)2022-02-01: 21 filings (7.64× baseline)2022-03-01: 7 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 2 filings (0.33× baseline)2022-05-01: 1 filings (0.14× baseline)2022-06-01: 25 filings (5.26× baseline)2022-07-01: 5 filings (0.77× baseline)2022-08-01: 19 filings (1.95× baseline)2022-09-01: 14 filings (2.24× baseline)2022-10-01: 11 filings (1.22× baseline)2022-11-01: 11 filings (1.76× baseline)2022-12-01: 1 filings (0.18× baseline)2023-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 13 filings (4.73× baseline)2023-03-01: 1 filings (0.14× baseline)2023-04-01: 4 filings (0.67× baseline)2023-05-01: 8 filings (1.14× baseline)2023-06-01: 4 filings (0.84× baseline)2023-07-01: 13 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 17 filings (1.74× baseline)2023-09-01: 21 filings (3.36× baseline)2023-10-01: 13 filings (1.44× baseline)2023-11-01: 14 filings (2.24× baseline)2023-12-01: 8 filings (1.45× baseline)2024-01-01: 12 filings (1.78× baseline)2024-02-01: 10 filings (3.33× baseline)2024-03-01: 13 filings (1.86× baseline)2024-04-01: 17 filings (2.83× baseline)2024-05-01: 6 filings (0.86× baseline)2024-06-01: 11 filings (2.32× baseline)2024-07-01: 13 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 12 filings (1.23× baseline)2024-09-01: 18 filings (2.88× baseline)2024-10-01: 5 filings (0.56× baseline)2024-11-01: 10 filings (1.60× baseline)2024-12-01: 18 filings (3.27× baseline)2025-01-01: 13 filings (1.93× baseline)2025-02-01: 13 filings (4.73× baseline)2025-03-01: 5 filings (0.71× baseline)2025-04-01: 7 filings (1.17× baseline)2025-05-01: 8 filings (1.14× baseline)2025-06-01: 9 filings (1.89× baseline)2025-07-01: 4 filings (0.62× baseline)2025-08-01: 11 filings (1.13× baseline)2025-09-01: 9 filings (1.44× baseline)2025-10-01: 4 filings (0.44× baseline)2025-11-01: 8 filings (1.28× baseline)2025-12-01: 9 filings (1.64× baseline)2026-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Tacoma, WA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lakewood Terrace. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lakewood Terrace

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 4.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from St. Petersburg eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Pinellas County average of 4.8 and in line with the Florida statewide average of 4.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,340 eviction filings here over 18 tracked years, with about 17.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 35.8% of renter households in 2002.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.27x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 12103020208

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 12103020208?

Census tract 12103020208 in the Lakewood Terrace neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 12103020208?

Median gross rent is $1,439/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 12103020208?

17.0% of residents in tract 12103020208 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,486.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 12103020208?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 49th, minority 81th, housing 58th.
Q5

Is tract 12103020208 considered part of Lakewood Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 12103020208 fall within Lakewood Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 12103020208?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,340 eviction filings across 18 validated years in tract 12103020208 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.57% of renter households, peaking at 35.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 12103020208 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.27× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tacoma, WA), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 12103020208 compare to St. Petersburg overall?

Tract 12103020208 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of St. Petersburg at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Petersburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in St. Petersburg

Top eight tracts in St. Petersburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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